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Tomorrow’s Political Ad Footage Today: Video Of Obama Locked Out Of Oval Office

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President Obama arrived home from his five day swing through Latin America, and went straight for the Oval Office, apparently determined to get back to work. Only, he couldn’t get it. The doors were locked. As cameras captured the moment, the president tried the handle, found the door to his office locked, and moved on. Sadly, no funny look of confusion for the sake of snarky internet clip-posters. President Obama moved on–even seeming to whistle as he walked in an effort to make clear he was not in the least bit phased by his inability to enter the White House.

The official explanation for the locked door is that White House staff were “unaware” the president would be arriving home early, and had the doors locked. Um…

While you ponder that, here’s the clip, from Fox News:

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  • writer

    Clinton used to leave a back window unlocked.

  • Dem4Ever

    I guess the White House staff is smarter than they look. Question: How did O-Bomb-A get in? Did he climb through a window?…LOL

  • BatBoy

    The White House staff was acting “Stupidly!”

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    My question is, do they really need to lock the White House at all? The place is swarming with Secret Service guys, they should know who comes in and who leaves… I don’t think the dead bolt on the side door is really going to prevent much of anything from happening!

    Of course, the fact that the President could return home, and yet the staff was still seemingly unaware does suggest that for some reason, they’re not on their A game at the moment. Step it up, house staff!

  • writer

    He identified himself by holding up his birth certificate.

  • Jon Bershad

    I love that he appears to be whistling while going from door to door! He seems like a dad in a sitcom.

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    writer said:
    He identified himself by holding up his birth certificate.

    You are the only one around these parts who consistently makes me laugh.

    Nice job, writer. Very funny!

  • skyfet

    Playing hide and seek with his kids and Bo.

  • Puter Boi

    Jon?
    He was not locked out.
    It was a kinetic door incident.

  • http://danny6114.posterous.com/ danny6114

    Housekeeping was shampooing the carpets and didn’t want anyone tracking in dirt!

  • Liberal Tormentor

    INB says:

    You are the only one around these parts who consistently makes me laugh.

    No doubt, he provides me with many LOL’s every day.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    well, at least he’s using the doors now, instead of still trying to enter through windows.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/01/28/2009-01-28_hey_bam_thats_not_the_door.html

  • Calvin

    sarainitaly said:
    well, at least he’s using the doors now, instead of still trying to enter through windows. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/01/28/2009-01-28_hey_bam_thats_not_the_door.html

    Beat me to it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4-AKcH3eC8&feature=related (starts at 6:05, then a clip of him admitting that he’s gotten lost repeatedly. Heck, just watch the whole video, it’s pretty amusing)

  • slickerwick

    If only they could make the lock-out permanent!

  • Harry Flashman

    A preview of January 2012.

  • Color Me Badd

    Jon Bershad said:
    I love that he appears to be whistling while going from door to door! He seems like a dad in a sitcom.

    Hey was playin it off, the Prez is so cool.

  • Harry Flashman

    Correction….a preview of Jauary 2013.

    Damn. Screwed up a perfectly good joke.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Calvin said:
    Heck, just watch the whole video, it’s pretty amusing

    haha I forgot about a couple of those… I like the 7 1/2 minute tape of *uhs* from a 41 minute speech, too.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp0hU1THjuc&feature=related

    there are sooooooooo many gaffes, it’s amazing they fly under the radar of the msm.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Harry Flashman said:
    Correction….a preview of Jauary 2013.

    Damn. Screwed up a perfectly good joke.

    i still laughed.

  • Barack Must Go

    Jon Bershad said:
    I love that he appears to be whistling while going from door to door! He seems like a dad in a sitcom.

    Matthews, is that you?

  • Color Me Badd

    I love that black man mmmmm, so sexy mr. President

  • Paul G

    BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • Barack Must Go

    Good one, the way you dinged G.W. without coming right out with it. Let’s see if the conservative media turns this innocent gaffe by the annointed one ‘ into anything like the week long spankfest held by the left when Bush couldn’t open those doors in China? I’m going with no they won’t.

    By the way Barack wasn’t whistling. He was mumbling to himself, something about hoping his team figured out which made up story ( lie ) he was going to present to the Congress and American people regarding the mess he created in Libya.

  • Paul G

    Can you imagine if Palin was on the other side of the door with the key? BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • Liberal Tormentor

    You know it was Hillary that locked the door.

  • TangledThorns

    In 2012 lets lock him out permanently!

  • Steve_27

    Those jokes the late night show’s do, when they super impose/trick photography videos of BO ripping out mics or kicking doors, they should make Bush appear on the other side of the glass, that would be funny.

  • LibertySister

    writer said:
    He identified himself by holding up his birth certificate.

    LMAO that was funny …Thanks!

  • Steve_27

    Color Me Badd said:
    I love that black man mmmmm, so sexy mr. President

    I knew you loved men but black too? Ok your allowed, to each his own, thats cool by me.

  • LibertySister

    Color Me Badd said:
    I love that black man mmmmm, so sexy mr. President

    He is only half Black!
    But that is okay, the loony left like you only sees skin color instead of ability, knowledge and experience.

  • snatchax

    as in all things, the cover up is the real crime. so the door was locked…WHO CARES. but to say they didn’t know he was coming? BLATANT LIE! par for the course.

  • MissManners

    Don’t mean to be a turd about this, but when you’re a writer (Mark)…..it’s “fazed”, not “phased”

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Maybe he left his office keys in his golf bag , or in his spare Airforce One .

  • Paul G

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    Maybe he left his office keys in his golf bag , or in his spare Airforce One .

    Moochelle had them in her purse.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    When Obama plans to visit the U.S. , his butler Reggie should inform the gatekeeper of his itinerary .

  • screwauger

    if someone can get such a camera shot at ObombA, ummm why can’t they…
    get a shot of him smoking a butt?

  • BarneyFranken

    Im not so sure he gets made fun of for this. Late night comedians basically take a pass on Obama, why stop now?

    They will simply turn the joke around and say something funny about Biden or republicans locking him out.

    Thats my prediction, but Id love to be wrong…lets see.

  • Brainstem

    What a brainstem!
    Here’s a funny headline I lifted from another blog:

    Breaking News: President Obama to visit the U.S. this week and is expected to be here for several days.

  • Mr.Papshmer

    On the one hand, this is kind of funny, but then, what does it say about this White House and staff? Soetoro is by far the most inept president ever, and now even his staff is a joke. The whole lot are nothing but two bit hustlers and charlatans.

  • Brainstem

    Puter Boi said:
    Jon?
    He was not locked out.
    It was a kinetic door incident.

    Man caused impediment.

  • trica

    LibertySister says:
    March 24, 2011 at 12:49 pm (Quote)
    5 1
    Color Me Badd said:
    I love that black man mmmmm, so sexy mr. President
    He is only half Black!
    But that is okay, the loony left like you only sees skin color instead of ability, knowledge and experience.

    Let’s not forget the one drop of blood rule!

  • King Of Hell

    Funny! Hey, at least he didn’t turn around and mug to the camera like a dufus. Seem’s I’ve seen that somewhere. Anyway, it’s good to see all the Beck fans standing at the ready. You all understand that you are a moronic minorty. Most Americans laugh at your antics; Dress up in your 3-pointy hats and march around listening to Glenn. Go load your muskets and stand guard at your well stocked pantrys. HERE COMES THE APOCALYPSE! Bye for now:)

  • Brainstem

    ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports: Back from his five-day trip to South America, President Obama will spend the day behind-closed-doors at the White House.

    Guffaw, guffaw, guffaw.

  • X-3

    An omen perhaps?

  • Brainstem

    Jon Bershad said:
    I love that he appears to be whistling while going from door to door!

    I wonder what it sounds like when you whistle a rap song =\

  • Grammie

    snatchax said:
    as in all things, the cover up is the real crime. so the door was locked…WHO CARES. but to say they didn’t know he was coming? BLATANT LIE! par for the course.

    If they are lying than they are the world’s worst liars.

    Of course that fits right in with their being the worst at just about any other category you care to name. The total ineptness extends down into housekeeping now.

  • Mr.Papshmer

    King Of Hell said:
    Funny! Hey, at least he didn’t turn around and mug to the camera like a dufus. Seem’s I’ve seen that somewhere. Anyway, it’s good to see all the Beck fans standing at the ready. You all understand that you are a moronic minorty. Most Americans laugh at your antics; Dress up in your 3-pointy hats and march around listening to Glenn. Go load your muskets and stand guard at your well stocked pantrys. HERE COMES THE APOCALYPSE! Bye for now:)

    Ted. you have more monikers than customer support in India.

  • LibertySister

    King Of Hell said:
    Funny! Hey, at least he didn’t turn around and mug to the camera like a dufus. Seem’s I’ve seen that somewhere. Anyway, it’s good to see all the Beck fans standing at the ready. You all understand that you are a moronic minorty. Most Americans laugh at your antics; Dress up in your 3-pointy hats and march around listening to Glenn. Go load your muskets and stand guard at your well stocked pantrys. HERE COMES THE APOCALYPSE! Bye for now:)

    LMAO, you are a little weak scared boy! It shows in comments and by your avatar!
    Why do you even care what other people like or do. Stop being a wuss and be a man….
    This is why we live in a free country. If you dont like Beck turn the channel.

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    But the big question is, did he have a teleprompter handy, so he’d know who to ask about getting back inside?

  • King Of Hell

    ….

    LibertySister said:
    Stop being a wuss and be a man….

    Yikes. I guess the Pig-Faced Prophet turns you gals on. OOOPs, there goes my lunch.

  • mlb

    What kind of staff admits they didn’t know he President had returned!? OMG this country is in trouble! Maybe they should have hedged their bets by saying:
    1. That he usually doesn’t come into work after a vacation
    2. Usually he is on the golf course at this time
    3. He never gets to the office before 11:00 am
    4. It was Hillary’s fault

    Anything would have sounded better – or just say nothing at all. sometime silence is the best answer.

  • TobyTucker

    Just to be a nit-picker here, but shouldn’t that be “fazed” rather than “phased”?

    http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jan/23/fazed-about-using-phase/

  • LibertySister

    King Of Hell said:
    ….

    Yikes. I guess the Pig-Faced Prophet turns you gals on. OOOPs, there goes my lunch.

    I dont watch Beck either, He is too boring for me. I just believe in freedom of speech and everyone is entitled to listen and watch anything they want.
    I would not want a one thought system that shuts opposing views down. That is called North Kora or Iran!

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    LibertySister said:
    If you dont like Beck turn the channel.

    If you saw the “Red Eye” post, you’d already know that they can’t “turn the channel”. Where would they get their “food pellets” then?

  • http://www.heartland.org/environmentandclimate-news.org/ClimateConference4 Just Tex

    LibertySister said:
    That is called North Kora or Iran!

    Ooops. You forgot to add the American “Mainstream Media”. But, you’re already forgiven ;-]

  • felixw

    Note the angle on this story….It attacks conservatives who might possibly use this footage for political gain. Not that a single example of anyone doing that is given. In fact, conservatives don’t give a hoot about locked doors at the White House. They are upset at the additional $4 billion the government borrows every day, while Democrats try to block meaningful spending cuts. But you won’t here that story mentioned at Mediaite or on MSNBC tonight, where even the President looking foolish is seen as one more reason to lash out and change the subject away from substantive issues. This is like the birther issue and the skin color issue — things that the Left actually discusses far more often than the right, since they constantly look for ways of avoiding real debate on the pressing issues facing our nation.

  • Dsiscokid

    felixw said:
    Note the angle on this story….It attacks conservatives who might possibly use this footage for political gain.

    It’s called political cover.
    BTW- This is a worthless story for anyone to cover. He walked form one door to another. Big deal

  • JJ Vachon

    I agree. There is NO story here. It’s a monumental waste of bandwidth and some reporters time.

  • Dsiscokid

    felixw said:
    This is like the birther issue and the skin color issue — things that the Left actually discusses far more often than the right, since they constantly look for ways of avoiding real debate on the pressing issues facing our nation.

    The Left absolutely OBSESS over racial identity.
    The Leftist groupthink cannot tolerate one’s own individuality
    EVERYTHING must be done on a collective scale

  • Cecelia

    I think that’s called ‘whistling past the graveyard”.

  • The Dweller Ysul

    felixw said:
    This is like the birther issue and the skin color issue — things that the Left actually discusses far more often than the right, since they constantly look for ways of avoiding real debate on the pressing issues facing our nation.

    Don’t be obtuse, Felix. Trump’s been blabbering about BamBam’s birth certificate everyday for the past couple of weeks because he knows it gives him instant cache in his bid for the Republican nomination, since a majority of the party, and even more conservatives, are Birthers. And Huckabee couldn’t say Mau-Mau enough in last week’s foot-in-mouth fest.

    As for the meaningful cuts you speak of, yeah, let me know when the House Republicans come up with a budget containing anything meaningful. You do realize that their budget will not–cannot–shrink the deficit over the next ten years as much as the President’s own modest attempt? Because his has all those tax increases on the rich that the Republicans can only match with cuts in entitlements, which they won’t touch for the current cohort of seniors (read: voters). Of course, if by meaningful, you mean the $61BN for this year being touted by the House leadership, in the context of a budget over $3T, well, I imagine that you also believe you possess “meaningful” penis size.

  • felixw

    The Dweller Ysul said:
    Don’t be obtuse, Felix. Trump’s been blabbering about BamBam’s birth certificate everyday for the past couple of weeks….

    Trump’s “birther” interview took place on one liberal network, and then was covered extensively by another liberal network. Fox News — so frequently attacked here by liberals as “anti-Obama” — didn’t touch this story. I repeat, the birther issue is kept alive by the left, who jawbone about it tirelessly. They clearly do this as an excuse for addressing more substantive criticisms of Obama. Since it’s much easier to defend Obama’s US citizenship than his disastrous track record on the economy, foreign policy, war against terror, military matters, fiscal issues, etc. etc. etc.

    You never hear Chris Matthews try to defend Obama’s decision to borrow another $4 billion PER DAY from the Chinese rather than cut spending. But he always wants to talk about the President’s birth certificate. This is the very definition of spin, my friend.

  • The Dweller Ysul

    felixw said:
    …it’s much easier to defend Obama’s US citizenship than his disastrous track record on the economy, foreign policy, war against terror, military matters, fiscal issues, etc. etc. etc.

    Felix, Barack Obama will be a two-term president. The accomplishments of his first two years are already historic. He policies are perfectly defensible in every area you name above. Too, there’s been alot happening during his presidency, and Presidents who navigate tough times often come to be seen as great. Truly, my man, holding my own with a conservative about BamBam’s record ain’t that tough.

    Let me give you two examples. First, you, bringing up the $4B per day, as though but for Obama that number would be less. Bush’s budget for 2009 left at least 1.2 Trillion dollars of deficit cooked into the books, and the only thing that lessens this inherent shortfall is tax increases, entitlement cuts & economic growth, which are years away from coming together. We’re at $62B in cuts this year, outer range. Those cuts might come at the cost of a few hundred thousand jobs and a half a percentage point GDP, but they reduces your pithy $4B to $3.83B. Than’t not an argument, Felix, that’s a joke.

    Second example: Beck hears from a radio caller this morning that Samantha Powers, who he’s obviously just hearing about through the Libyan coverage, is married to Cass Sunstein. By this afternoon’s TV show, he had the two twisted lovers set in the middle of…God knows what the hell he was talking about: the destruction of Israel, Soros, Petrobas, financial terrorism by the unions and ACORN. It was well and truly crazed, but not much to debate.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    writer said:
    He identified himself by holding up his birth certificate.

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    You know it was Hillary that locked the door.

    Brainstem said:
    Breaking News: President Obama to visit the U.S. this week and is expected to be here for several days.

    Brainstem said:
    Puter Boi said:

    He was not locked out.
    It was a kinetic door incident.

    Man caused impediment.

    classics!

  • Tedderman

    Really, some people might be mad because they can’t make snarky comments due to the President being nonplused by the door being locked? Who might they be, let me think…..thumb says…..

  • felixw

    The Dweller Ysul said:
    Barack Obama will be a two-term president. The accomplishments of his first two years are already historic.

    Yes lets looks at those achievements:

    Spending borrowed money faster than any man in history

    A failed stimulus bill that flushed a trillion dollars down the toilet

    A healthcare bill that voters begged him not to pass

    A ramrod approach to legislation built on his party passing bills they haven’t even read

    A disastrous track record on unemployment, which has gotten worse during his administration

    A broken budgeting process that can’t come to grips with out-of-control budget deficits

    A disastrous track record on GNP growth, which has gotten worse during his administration

    A series of broken promises about Guantanamo, the Patriot Act, the war front

    A disintegrating position in Afghanistan, where casualties are worse than ever

    A series of broken promises on bipartisanship and government transparency

    An anti-business agenda which has contributed to the country’s economic mess

    An attempt to fix the financial industry by giving it 3,000 pages of new regulation — and then total surprise when it doesn’t recover

    A clear agenda that favors the interests of unionized government workers over those of the taxpayers who must cover the cost of their salaries and benefits.

    Collapsing favorability ratings for his own performance

    The lowest level of public trust in government in the history of the United States.

    Yes, you are right, Barack Obama does have a track record. And by any measure, it is an unmitigated disaster.

  • J Baustian

    The Dweller Ysul said:
    Felix, Barack Obama will be a two-term president. …Let me give you two examples. First, you, bringing up the $4B per day, as though but for Obama that number would be less. Bush’s budget for 2009 left at least 1.2 Trillion dollars of deficit cooked into the books, and the only thing that lessens this inherent shortfall is tax increases, entitlement cuts & economic growth, which are years away from coming together. We’re at $62B in cuts this year, outer range…

    Wouldn’t you consider it fair to blame the FY2008 and FY2009 budgets on the Democrats, since Senator Obama voted for that spending and his party had the majority in both houses of Congress?

    The last budget passed when the GOP was in the majority contained a deficit of about $145-150 billion. With the Democrats in the majority, the deficit jumped to about $450 billion. And then with Obama in the White House, $1500-1700 billion. These events are not unrelated or irrelevant factors: elect Democrats and spending goes up. Elect more Democrats and spending goes up at unbelievable velocities

    Second example: Beck hears from a radio caller this morning that Samantha Powers, who he’s obviously just hearing about through the Libyan coverage, is married to Cass Sunstein. By this afternoon’s TV show, he had the two twisted lovers set in the middle of…God knows what the hell he was talking about: the destruction of Israel, Soros, Petrobas, financial terrorism by the unions and ACORN.

    Beck may spend a lot of time discussing Sunstein, but he considers Sunstein the most dangerous man in government . Beck may be right.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bob-Hubble/100001340708758 caconservative

    Sad, Obimbo didn’t take the hint.

  • Anonymous

    I told you, “NO smoke breaks!!”

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